SAVORNIN LOHMAN, ALEXANDER FREDERIK DE

(1837–1924)

Statesman. In 1884, de Savornin Lohman, a member of Par liamentsince 1879, was appointed professor of constitutionallaw at the Free Universityof Amsterdam. In 1894, he led a secession from the Antirevolutionaire Partij (ARP) and in 1908 founded a new, more conservative political party, the Christelijk-Historische Unie (CHU, Christian Historical Union), which merged into the Christen Democratisch Appel (CDA, Christian Democratic Appeal) in 1973–1980. De Savornin Lohman served as minister of the interior in 1890–1891.